Covered amendments and key clarification
- Section 1 amends Section 1 of Act No. 699 by inserting the phrase “Except where otherwise specially provided,” at the beginning of paragraph (b) of Section 9 of the Provincial Government Act as amended by Act No. 699.
- Section 1 adds to the close of paragraph (b) of Section 9 a proviso stating that nothing in the amended provisions shall be construed to change specific prior laws.
- The proviso in Section 1 specifically protects Act No. 487, titled “An Act amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled 'The Municipal Code,' and Act Numbered Three hundred and three, amendatory thereof.”
Preserved laws and non-repeal intent
- Act No. 903 directs that nothing in the amended text should be construed to amend or repeal Act No. 487.
- The protected Act No. 487 is described as an enactment amending Act No. 82 (the Municipal Code) and Act No. 303 (amendatory thereof).
- Section 1 uses the specific language “shall be construed to amend or repeal” to ensure continued force of Act No. 487 notwithstanding the changes introduced into Act No. 699 and the Provincial Government Act.
Legislative procedure and expedited passage
- Section 2 states that the “public good requiring the speedy enactment” of the bill warrants expedited passage.
- Section 2 authorizes the expedited procedure pursuant to section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed on September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
- Section 2 therefore implements an accelerated legislative timeline for enactment of Act No. 903.
Technical operative provisions within Section 1
- Section 1 operates by modifying paragraph (b) of Section 9 of the Provincial Government Act as set forth through Act No. 699.
- The amendment adds an opening exception clause: “Except where otherwise specially provided,” applied at the beginning of paragraph (b).
- The amendment appends a closing proviso that prevents the amended paragraph from being construed to affect Act No. 487.
- Act No. 903 frames the clarification as interpretative: its language governs how the amended provisions are to be construed relative to the specifically protected municipal code amendment.